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THE AMERICAN CAMPUS AND ALCOHOL CONFERENCE

The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States working together with The George Washington University, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Eastern Connecticut State University and University of Louisville convened a three day conference, "The American Campus and Alcohol," in October 2000. Thirty-four universities attended with their campus community teams.

Those campuses included:

The George Washington University
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Eastern Connecticut State University
University of Louisville
Auburn University
Bowling Green State University
Connecticut College
Dickinson College
Eastern Oregon University
Kean University
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Louisiana State University at Eunice
Michigan State University
Northern Arizona University
St. Lawrence University
SUNY - Maritime 		State University of New York at New Paltz
State University of New York - College at Potsdam
Syracuse University
The Pennslvania State University
The University of Georgia
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The University of Northern Iowa
The University of Tennessee at Martin
Trinity University
Tulane University
University of California Berkeley
University of Central Florida
University of Maine
University of Northern Colorado
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Naval Academy
Western Carolina University

Each team came to the conference having already identified a specific alcohol abuse problem on their campus that they wanted to impact. At the conference, nationally-recognized speakers from universities, government and alcohol-related organizations presented information on a range of programs and best practices being used successfully on campuses to reduce alcohol abuse among college students. The conference also included team planning sessions in which the teams worked independently to develop specific, action-oriented plans to take back and implement in their communities. On the last day of the conference several teams presented the plans they had devised for their own community.

At the end of the conference, teams were encouraged to apply for a "matching grant" from the beverage alcohol industry in an amount up to $20,000.00. 17 universities applied and were awarded grants. Part of each the grant came from Distilled Spirits Council of the United States and part came from a local retailer or wholesaler in the University’s community.

Schools that received grants were:

  1. UMASS Dartmouth
  2. UMASS Amherst
  3. St. Lawrence University
  4. SUNY Potsdam
  5. Western Carolina University
  6. Kutztown University
  7. Dickinson University
  8. Penn State University
  9. Louisiana State University at Eunice
  10. Tulane University
  11. University of Central Florida
  12. Eastern Connecticut State University
  13. US Naval Academy
  14. Michigan State University
  15. University of Maine at Orono
  16. Trinity University
  17. The George Washington University

Total grants awarded equaled approximately $300,000.00. Five universities, Syracuse University (March 2003), Eastern Connecticut University (November 2003), University of Central Florida (September 2002), Trinity University (November 2001) and Louisiana State University (October 2001) used their grants to hold regional "American Campus and Alcohol" conferences in partnership with Distilled Spirits Council.

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